Clicking on File menu completely freezes X.org
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| openoffice.org2 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: openoffice.org2
When I click on File, the entire system just locks up. The mouse won't move, the keyboard is unresponsive, and the only way to do anything is to kill X.org by shelling in from another computer. It appears as though X grabs the mouse and never lets go. I have seen other people report this issue on the debian mailinglist, but it is just too critical not to report in launchpad as well.
I can reproduce the bug pretty consistently. Open up a bunch of documents in openoffice and leave it running for a while (maybe overnight). Openoffice gets really slow. Close openoffice. Next, open a document by clicking on it in the file browser (not necessary, but that is just how I do it). The next time you touch the File menu, it just ices X. Goodnight, say goodbye to whatever you didn't have saved because it is gone forever.
This bug is catastrophic. I don't know how else to put it. For a system to flat out freeze is just the worst possible bug.
Here is a discussion on the debian mailing list: http://
specs:
latest openoffice.org2 from Ubuntu 7.10 (Feisty)
IBM ThinkPad T60
vesa driver
